LGBTQIA+

Indigenous Tribes Respect Multiple Gender Identities—Anti-Trans Bills Threaten Long Tradition

Rosalyn R. LaPier / The Conversation Jun 8, 2023 New anti-transgender laws will hurt Indigenous peoples’ rights and religious expression. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Abortion Bans Could Be Used To Prosecute Pregnant People

Shefali Luthra / The 19th News Jan 18, 2023 Legislation in Oklahoma and remarks from the Alabama attorney general could foreshadow new efforts to punish people who induce their own abortions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Women

Why Whisper Networks Matter

Carrie Ann Johnson / The Conversation Jan 5, 2023 Whisper networks form because women realize that the process of formally reporting incidents is slow and generally doesn’t work. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Women

Reproductive Wrongs

Laura C. Morel / Reveal Dec 19, 2022 Authorities are doing to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers, even when the risks to women are significant. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Middle East

Woman Life Freedom

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Dec 7, 2022 In the towns of Kurdistan, the regime’s security forces not only use bullets and gas in the streets, but shoot people inside their homes and cars. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Stephen King Walks Back Diversity Remarks After Twitter Backlash

By Matthew Rozsa / Salon Jan 17, 2020 Another public debate has erupted on Twitter about the need for diversity in the entertainment industry—with the author as instigator. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Half of American Men Can’t Handle the Prospect of a Female President

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Nov 19, 2019 Even other women aren’t so sure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Trump Building a White Ethnostate?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 9, 2019 Author and University of Michigan professor Alexandra Minna Stern traces the origins of America's burgeoning white nationalist movement. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape

Stephanie Sy-Quia / Los Angeles Review of Books Aug 2, 2019 Mithu Sanyal tackles some thorny questions surrounding rape, including the pressures we place on victims to speak out, in her meticulous new book. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Chronic Illness Killing Generations of Men

By Josh Cook / Los Angeles Review of Books Jul 5, 2019 Jared Yates Sexton traces the roots of “toxic masculinity” running through his life back to WWII, and charts a hopeful path forward. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Constitution Desperately Needs a New Amendment

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan May 9, 2019 The Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, first introduced in 1923, may now, nearly a century later, be close to passage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Growing Up Transgender in Romania

Alexandra Crisbășan / Truthdig Apr 22, 2019 A young man talks about transitioning in his home country and then emigrating for a fresh start. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )